What exactly does shell media handler do?

[ctp9]

Does it manage all the media info displayed in Explorer, such as on the sidebar or the status bar? Does it display file info in the Properties dialog of a media file?

Exactly which function(s) will be lost if shell media handler is removed from Windows components? Which other services and components are dependent on it?

Any info will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

[ctp9]

Has anyone actually removed media shell handler and all the related WMP components for their nlite installation?

[vaska94]

ctp9

i removed

Shell Media Handler

and WMP 9

and then installed WMP 11

everything is working perfectly but there is no Video Thumbs =)

and there is no additional Audio File info in task pane :-)

[ctp9]

Thanks vaska!

Hey I was doing some searching online and also found this thread:

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=777302

Would you be able to comment on it as well? There are some pretty good questions on there as well actually that I would like to know too.